Map Search Results: Percentage of Students Overweight or Obese

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Percentage of Students Assessed in Arkansas Public School District that are overweight or obese according to BMI assessments

Source/Citation:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Public Health in Arkansas Communities Search. (2015).Percentage of Students Overweight or Obese 2012-2013. Retrieved Mar 31, 2015 from PHACS database. Available from Arkansas Center for Health Improvement database.

County Value Table

More Information:

County

Ranking (1-5)

Value

Arkansas

3

39.8%

Ashley

3

39.8%

Baxter

2

36%

Benton

1

32.5%

Boone

1

35.4%

Bradley

5

46.2%

Calhoun

4

42.8%

Carroll

3

40.6%

Chicot

5

46.6%

Clark

2

38%

Clay

5

45.9%

Cleburne

1

35.2%

Cleveland

5

43.2%

Columbia

4

40.8%

Conway

2

37.8%

Craighead

2

36.8%

Crawford

1

34%

Crittenden

3

39.6%

Cross

4

42.7%

Dallas

5

43.9%

Desha

4

41.1%

Drew

3

38.5%

Faulkner

1

34.1%

Franklin

1

35.2%

Fulton

3

38.9%

Garland

1

35.7%

Grant

2

37%

Greene

3

39.2%

Hempstead

3

39.7%

Hot Spring

5

43.4%

Howard

3

38.4%

Independence

4

41%

Izard

1

35.2%

Jackson

5

44.7%

Jefferson

4

41.3%

Johnson

3

39.8%

Lafayette

3

40%

Lawrence

4

41%

Lee

5

43.5%

Lincoln

5

43.5%

Little River

4

42%

Logan

2

38%

Lonoke

1

35%

Madison

1

24.7%

Marion

2

37.4%

Miller

2

38%

Mississippi

4

41.4%

Monroe

4

41.7%

Montgomery

2

38.2%

Nevada

1

35.7%

Newton

2

36.6%

Ouachita

4

41.1%

Perry

1

35%

Phillips

5

43.8%

Pike

1

33.7%

Poinsett

5

43.9%

Polk

2

37.9%

Pope

3

40.2%

Prairie

5

42.9%

Pulaski

2

36.3%

Randolph

4

41.2%

Saline

1

34.3%

Scott

3

40.5%

Searcy

4

40.8%

Sebastian

1

35.1%

Sevier

5

44.6%

Sharp

3

40.3%

St. Francis

2

38.3%

Stone

1

32.6%

Union

4

42%

Van Buren

4

41.4%

Washington

2

36%

White

3

38.7%

Woodruff

5

46.8%

Yell

4

42.8%

* Health Ranking compared to other counties. This is a result of quintile ranking for
all 75 counties in Arkansas. The rankings are assigned by placing the counties
into five equal groups by the occurrence of the health indicator. If a county
value exist is two adjacent groups, then the county is moved to the quintile
group with the most favorable rating.

Category 1 - Highest, represents the counties with the most favorable health ranking (in
demographics, this represents highest occurrence of the demographic)

Category 2 - Higher, represents the counties with the second highest favorable health
ranking (in demographics, this represents counties between the highest and
mid-range occurrence of the demographic)

Category 3 - Middle, represents the counties in the mid-range favorable ranking (in
demographics, this represents counties within the middle range occurrence of the
demographic)

Category 4 - Lower, represents the counties with a lower favorable health ranking( in
demographics, this represents counties between mid-range and lowest occurrence
of the demographic)

Category 5 - Lowest, represents the counties with the least favorable health ranking (in
demographics, this represents counties with the lowest occurrence of the
demographic )

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